Central Banking Series

Why is the Reserve Bank independent from government, and why does it matter?

Sep 25, 2024 11:04 am UTC| Insights & Views Central Banks

Negotiations over reforms to the Reserve Bank of Australia this week took an unprecedented turn when the Greens demanded the government use its reserve powers to immediately cut interest rates. Labor had initially hoped...

Africa is the world’s largest market for Guinness beer

Sep 23, 2024 10:35 am UTC| Insights & Views Business

Africa is the worlds largest market for Guinness beer (and Nigeria is second only to Britain for the most consumers in one country). The Irish brands success on the continent is regarded as a trailblazing business model....

How did they get my data? I uncovered the hidden web of networks behind telemarketers

Sep 23, 2024 10:32 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology

Last year, I started getting a lot of unsolicited phone calls, mainly from people trying to sell me things. This came as a surprise because, as a data scientist, I am very careful about what personal information I let out...

AIs encode language like brains do − opening a window on human conversations

Sep 21, 2024 11:45 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology

Language enables people to transmit thoughts to each other because each persons brain responds similarly to the meaning of words. In our newly published research, my colleagues and I developed a framework to model the...

대만·불가리아, 레바논 폭발 호출기 사건 연루 부인

Sep 21, 2024 10:44 am UTC| Insights & Views

금요일, 대만과 불가리아 당국은 레바논에서 폭발한 수천 개의 호출기 공급망에 연루되었다는 혐의를 부인했다. 이 호출기 폭발 사건은 헤즈볼라에 치명타를 가했다. 화요일 레바논에서 발생한 공격과 수요일 헤즈볼라가 사용하던...

US Election Series

연준, 금리 0.5% 인하… 대선에 미칠 영향은?

Sep 21, 2024 10:40 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics

2024년 9월 18일, 연방준비제도(Fed)는 기준 금리를 0.5% 인하해 4.75%에서 5% 사이로 조정한다고 발표했다. 이는 4년 만에 처음으로 차입 비용이 낮아진 것이다. 이번 조치는 인플레이션과의 싸움에서 중앙은행이 승리했다고 판단한...

Central Banking Series

Fed slashes rates by a half-point – what that means for presidential election

Sep 20, 2024 04:53 am UTC| Insights & Views Central Banks Economy

In a widely anticipated move, the Federal Reserve announced on Sept. 18, 2024, that it was cutting its benchmark interest rate by half a percentage point to a range of 4.75% to 5% the first time the cost of borrowing has...